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A Musician Freed From Self-Importance Through Music - Dominic Miller

11 September 2026

262 Widely known as Sting’s guitarist, Dominic Miller has 14 studio albums of his own and countless collaborations behind the work that has become part of our collective musical memory.

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Storm Large: “For Us, Jazz Is Not a Genre; It Is a Way of Thinking”

20 July 2026

221 Ahead of the band’s Istanbul concert at Harbiye Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre on July 22, we spoke with one of the group’s powerful vocalists, Storm Large, for Jazz Magazine about the boundaries of jazz, Thomas Lauderdale’s compositional vision, cultural hybridity, and the empathy that music creates between people.

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Ruby Robinson at The Pheasantry, Chelsea

7 October 2024

4930 Ruby Robinson (vocals), Graham Hunter (trumpet), Andrey Novikov (piano), George Richardson (bass), and Steve Robinson (drums) performed at The Pheasantry on August 15, 2024.

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Music is Only Good When It Takes You to Places

26 January 2020

1797 James Carter Organ Trio was one of the exciting guests of 29th Akbank Jazz Festival.

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What’s Real is One and Only

20 January 2020

2109 Legendary musician Charles Lloyd performed at CRR on the 23rd of October 2019 with his Sky Trio (with bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Eric Harland) and pianist Gerald Clayton and guitarist Marvin Sewell.

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A Real Storyteller: Marion Rampal

10 April 2019

2958 We had a short conversation with Marion Rampal about her music after her Marion Rampal Trio concert during the 26th Izmir Europe Jazz Festival.

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We Met with Ilhan Ersahin in Cappadocia

13 July 2017

3252 Ilhan Ersahin performed with Oceanvs Orientalis on stage. The day after their performance we had a pleasant conversation with Ilhan Ersahin.

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Learning From Cyrille Aimée: A Singer In Body, A Gypsy In Soul

24 May 2017

5462 She is Cyrille Aimée, born in 1984, to a French father and a Dominican mother.

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Interview With CRR Jazz Orchestra Conductor Nail Yavuzoğlu

28 December 2016

1922 We interviewed Nail Yavuzoğlu, the conductor of the CRR Jazz Orchestra, prior to their “New Year’s Concert from Louis Armstrong to Astor Piazzolla” concert that will take place on the 28th of December, Wednesday, at CRR.

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Swiss Trio Plaistow Performed at Salon IKSV on the 7th of December...

12 December 2016

1718 There's no math in their music, no complicated notes whatsoever. It's all music.

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An Interview with Verneri Pohjola and Aki Rissanen

8 December 2016

2127 We spoke to Finnish jazz musicians Verneri Pohjola and Aki Rissanen about their duo album.

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Interview with Amir ElSaffar

9 November 2016

2282 We spoke with internationally acclaimed trumpet and santur artist Amir ElSaffar on his inner and musical that started in the United States which later reached out to his roots in Iraq.

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Question&Answer with Ray Blue Before Concert

23 October 2016

2004 We made a short interview with Ray Blue before his concert at Nardis Jazz Club as a part of Akbank Jazz Festival.

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On the Shores of Istanbul with Allan Harris

25 July 2016

2687 An interview with Allan Harris before his concert in Istanbul.

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A Short Chat with Özdemir Erdoğan about the Lifetime Achievement Award

11 July 2016

2139 This year İKSV's ''lifetime achievement award'' goes to Özdemir Erdoğan and Ergüven Başaran.

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Jeremy Pelt

11 June 2016

2494 Garanti ‘Caz Yeşili’ concerts featured renowned trumpet player Jeremy Pelt this year, joined by pianist Danny Grissett, bassist Ozan Musluoğlu and drummer Ferit Odman at Nardis Jazz Club. This interview took place at Nardis after their rehearsal for "jazzdergisi".

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